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Kmorin... the analogy of the 1/8" tank against the larger stringer is all you had to say.. I've built a lot of tanks off the measurements of old corroded tanks.. So it's not going to be an immediate concern.. again lesson learned.. I've kept the transom off for now for ease of movement on and o...

Kmorin... Thank you for the explanation of the box tube... I thoroughly understand what your talking about.. Does OH CRAP... mean anything ... Well this is an oh crap moment as I'm almost finished welding the box tubing stringers in place... looking to install frames.. which will not be easy due to ...

Pelagic... thank you for the pictures... i'm almost done fitting stringers as i went to box tube.. 2 10 X 2" off the CL... and 4 2" X 3" evenly spaced on either side.. Oh and i installed them 90 degrees to the bottom plate... Haven't figured out the frame situation yet but it's going ...

Chaps.... The I-beam runs down the center of the 12 ft wide door.. over the boat fore and aft.. right down the center line. The boat can easily be flipped in it's own space... if I could make some adaptation on the bow and stern, lift it with the chain falls on the center line. I could spin it up-si...

Not too long from now.. I'll be finishing up stringers and installing bulkheads and frames... I need to start thinking on how to flip this boat over and work on the bottom... It's the how to part I'm looking to focus on... I currently have an I-beam overhead with 2 chain falls capacity of 2 and one ...

Peterbo3, Welderbob and Kmorin.. Thank you for the answers to my question of Twist... and all of the advise is sound This shows me what it's going to take to ultimately strengthen stringers and floor into a single unit of framework to make this boat as strong as I can... This is where a little overb...

Is there any one factor more than another that helps prevent longitudinal twisting bow to stern torque. My boat turns out to be 27ft. LOA and 10ft. X 4in. Beam.. I'm just worried about twisting the boat.. repeatedly. Over time there will be welds that pop... just trying to think about that ahead of ...

GandRfab.... Yes it helps immensely. I usually buy a pack or two... and put them in the fridge. Use them as you need them PRN.... and they would last till I eventually smash the tips on them... by that time they are just about gone anyway... Lately... they seem to run out faster than ever... I'm not...

Has anyone else noticed.... When laying out parts such as bulkheads stringers and frames... a Sharpie doesn't last as long as it use to... Fine point sharpies for small parts and the big boys for lay out of stringers and other required lines I buy them in 4 packs and keep them in the fridge so they ...

OMG.... Did you see the condition of that shop...!!!! That's just the way I like it....

Chaps....Look under the Cold water boats banner, alloy pictures and the thread labeled STRINGERS.. There you can get a better description and pictures of what I do and my current alloy hatch ling... Mind you I do not use any plans for this boat.. The design is coming right out of my kiester. This bo...

Sorry I missed this early on... Tom from southwest florida... naples. I own Accurate Towers and Marine Welding.. Just coming back from long ago... couldn't remember my PW. I'm In the process of building my boat.. I've built boats working for other people. This one's for me... There's a vast amount o...

Jay... Love your work... is there some reason why your pictures don't come through.. Don't know what they where...
Love to see some fresh build pictures...
Thanks Tom Accurate Towers Naples fl..

I've always been under the impression if looking to power a boat the rule of thumb is Length X Width = Horsepower Seems to have held true for me all these years... You can vary the size of the motor given the weight of the gear your going to carry... The boat i'm building now is 27ft X 11ft... = 297...

Forgive me for being so late on the upswing... Air grinder or electric... OMG,.. this thing is a suicide machine. Never tried anything like that. I can imagine using this little monster... I'm guessing there's a very short learning curve to this one.. Damn... !! this makes me want to try one of thes...

Kevin... A sharp one you are... The continuity of the rear handrail on the rear leg.. i don't want a handrail more than 2 fingers hold on the inside of the handhold and parallel. if i went to the upper 1inch pipe it would look awkward the handrail having more than 2 or 3 inches away from the leg its...

Well.... there is no place to change ones PW...is there..??? I tryed my PW a dozen or more times and i was rejected entry... So to tell me something like who told you to change my PW... are you kidding... The system finally gave me a password as I don't want some system to have that option... I simp...

Ok.... what's the secret to viewing these pictures... I've tryed c and p but no luck... can someone fill me in..
thank you Tom

Can someone tell me I want to change my password... went to user control panel as prompted... Nadda nothing
is this a joke or what...

GandRfab... You posted it... so I got to ask... What is " completion " sorry had to ask... just screwin wit ya So there are some pictures for you to absorb... damn thing wouldn't take them at first. they had to be a certain size got a lesson on resizing on photobucko... what a pain...got s...

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G and Rflab Welder... Got my pictures down loaded to my puter.. and a new photobucket act. I'm looking at this evening before I can post any pictures here... simply put your url between the img brackets and post ...????? As PB will do the rest..? Then you guys can howl away... Catch ya latr..

Welder... Chris... I'm dying to post my pictures but i can't find a way to transfer them from my cell phone to photobucket
or cellphone to Alloy boats. Did the photobucket account as you suggested... I have to get my pictures in my puter first... there in lies the problem...

Welder... You speak of 1/4in plate like it was the only thing to use... Are there any builders using 3/16" thickness hull material.. ?? I'm probably going to make my bulkheads as frames from bottom to deck underside.. giving the boat more longitudinal strength overall... I finished forming the ...

Chris.. thanks for your inn site. The stringer centers a 7"OC. and frames @ 24"OC. is likely the way to go.. At this point I'm re cutting the shear as i changed my mind. As what the hell was I thinking . Looking for more of the backwater look. You can get a look at the work I do at my webs...